Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Gustavo - Published: 21 April 2020, 6:43 pm
Knight Lore is an isometric action-adventure developed by Tim and Chris Stamper and published by Ultimate Play The Game. The title was released in November 1984 for ZX Spectrum and one year later for MSX, BBC Micro, and Amstrad CPC. The MSX and ZX Spectrum versions are almost identical.
The British company, founded by the Stamper brothers, was considered one of the world's most influential gaming companies in the '80s. Knight Lore was one of their first releases, but in reality, it is the third installment in the Sabreman series.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 19 April 2020, 6:00 pm
Rings of Medusa is a fantastic adventure game developed and published by Starbyte Software in 1989 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari, and DOS.
The German company founded in 1988 had several titles, including the well-known Space M+A+X (1988), which shares many similarities with Rings of Medusa.
The plot of the game is centered on Cirion of Morenor, a former king's son whose goal is to end the tyranny of an evil sorcerer named Medusa, who dominated his nation and controlled its people. To do this, the prince must travel to different continents in search of five rings needed to rule over Medusa's army and claim his city.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 18 April 2020, 2:46 pm
Spy vs. Spy II: The Island Caper is a game developed by Michael J. Riedel and published by First Star Software initially in 1985 for Commodore 64. It was ported to Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and MSX in 1986. The Amiga and Atari ST versions were published in 1989.
This installment of the popular video game saga based on the cartoon Spy vs. Spy places the two protagonists on an island, where, as always, they try to kill each other. In this case, the main objective is to gather parts of a missile scattered in this location and escape from the island before time runs out. Thus, both spies must elaborate exaggeratedly complex and questionable traps to delay the other while they accomplish their mission. The death of one of the characters not only results in a time penalty but also in the loss of all his items.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 17 April 2020, 11:16 am
Grand Theft Auto, popularly known as GTA, is a 2D open-world action game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG in 1997 for PC.
At the end of that same year, it would see the light in the Playstation 1.
For many neophyte gamers, GTA, one of the most important sagas in the world of video games, began with the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Although this title has been the first one that gave to the adventure the popularity that it has nowadays, the developers arrived at it with five previous releases. The one that started it all is precisely this one, Grand Theft Auto.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 15 April 2020, 12:13 am
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World is a construction, management, and business simulation developed by Max Design. It was published in 1998 by Sunflowers Interactive in Europe. In 1999, GT Interactive released the game in the United States, changing the title to 1602 A.D.
With the previous creation of 1869, the Austrian company already had experience with historical sims. However, Anno 1602 was its first big success, with two million copies sold, which avoided the small studio's bankruptcy and started the popular Anno series.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 13 April 2020, 1:57 pm
Wipeout is a racing game developed and published by Psygnosis for Playstation and PC in 1995 and for Sega Saturn in 1996.
The developers of the native Liverpool company, also known for publishing Shadow of the Beast, Barbarian, Lemmings and many other Amiga titles, created the game after 14 months of hard work and a very tight schedule. The result was a title that turned out to be the first in a series of racing games that only got better over time.
The story places the player in the year 2052, a medium-dystopian future where he must compete in the F3600 anti-gravity racing league. Before starting, you must choose from four teams that will compete on various futuristic tracks around the world.
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